Billards Tutorial

Knuddels Billards was designed to be as realistic and close to the real game as possible. The physics of the game as well as its rules are simulated accurately. The relationships between the balls, table and settings are all exact. The rules are modeled after tournament rules, but the well known "bar pool" rules can be set as well. In the following, you find detailed instruction. Enjoy your game of Billards!

Players can enter a billiard channel by left-clicking on a game that appears in the list of billiard games. The right mouse button gives you additional information about that game.

To open a game, click on the button "open game" in a Billiards channel. Then, you can set the rules for this new game yourself.

As long as the cue ball is on the table, a player can aim and shoot. First, click on a position to where the shot should be aimed at.

To shoot the cue ball, hold the right mouse button. The longer you hold the button, the more power the shot will have. When the button is released, the cue ball will be hit. Be aware that shots can be inexact! When a ball is in danger of being hit off the table, the power meter turns red.

With a left mouse click, the player can place the cue ball on the table. Also see "Free ball placement" and "free ball placement at head".

The player must call (1.) the ball to hit and (2.) the pocket in which the ball is intended to go. This can be done by clicking on the ball and pocket. As long as only one of both has been set, the player can change the ball or pocket.

A player can choose between a Small (640x480), Standard (800x600), 7-Foot (1024x800), 8-Foot (1024x800), and 9-Foot (1024x800) table.

"7 Foot" tables are typically found in bars where the real game is played. Official tournament tables are usually 8 or 9 feet. The bigger the table, the harder the game. The following table shows how big each table is in reality.

Table	Real measure	Screen size
Small	144cm x 72cm	640 x 480
Standard	174cm x 87cm	800 x 600
7Foot	198cm x 99cm	1024 x 768
8Foot	224cm x 112cm	1024 x 768
9Foot	254cm x 127cm	1024 x 768
Ball	5,72cm	-

Normally there is only one player per team, but it is possible to have bigger teams.

Defines how many rounds have to be won in order to win the entire game.

Defines how many rounds a player has to be ahead of the other in order to win the game.

The time between shots varies, depending on how much time a player wants to allow for shot calling. One can choose between short, medium and long.

If this is activated, the starting team is decided before the actual game. The team that hits the cue ball against the foot bumper and closest to the head bumper wins.

When "entrance controlled" is activated, other people can only enter with the permission of the first players.

You can allow other people to watch the current game going on. The game-type options (i.e. 8-Ball) can be found under game instructions.